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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Black's #24551 03/24/2001 5:34 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City inselpeter Pooh-Bah inselpeter Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City Honestly, I don't expect this thread to go very far, but I didn't know where to turn. From Black's Law Dictionary: Cocotte: a woman who leads a fast life, one who gives herself up for money. Also a poached egg. Cite: Rovira v. Boget, 240 N.Y. 214, 148 N.E. 534, 535. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Black's #24552 03/24/2001 5:49 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass and well you *should laugh. it appears to be the merging of two French words, (1)cocotte, orig. a child's name for a hen, a prostitute; one of a class of the demi-monde of Paris, and (2)cocasse a kind of pot, a poached egg would be prepared/served en cocotte. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Black's #24553 03/24/2001 6:04 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City inselpeter Pooh-Bah inselpeter Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City and well you *should laugh. it appears to be the merging of two French words, (1)cocotte, orig. a child's name for a hen, a prostitute; one of a class of the demi-monde of Paris, and (2)cocasse a kind of pot, a poached egg would be prepared/served en cocotte. Yours is the second post that brings Oshima's "In the Realm of the Senses" to mind. Is it me? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Black's #24554 03/24/2001 8:05 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Also a poached egg. Interesting that a woman on the game could also be coddled ... The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Black's #24555 03/26/2001 2:54 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 French Québec cocotte is either a) a hen b) a big stewing pot c) a term a affection for little girls eg. ma cocotte d)a cone from any fir/pine tree. This type of change in meanings can be a little disastrous when France Frenchies and Québec Frenchies merge. My sister's ex-mother-in-law took great exception to my sis calling her daughter cocotte or catin - two words that mean prostitute in France. Here "catin" is akin to the English "dollie" instead of doll. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Oeuf en Cocotte #24556 03/26/2001 3:00 PM Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 609 Portsmouth, United Kingdom rodward addict rodward addict Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 609 Portsmouth, United Kingdom When I asked what this was on a menu, I was told " a very young coq au vin". Ro* Ward Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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